Momma brought 20 of em by the house yesterday. I got em in the ground but dont have any idea what to expect.
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Momma brought 20 of em by the house yesterday. I got em in the ground but dont have any idea what to expect.
the ones i grew several years ago seem to have more acid taste to them . Don't as big as big boys . more meat than seed . they were great and grew well at my house .
My best guess is they'll get red and eat good. Least till the worms try to get em. Ask WB. He knows everything bout everything.
I grow em amd love them. They don't get huge though but the plants will keep on putting on maters and putting on maters for a long time. I had mine in a almsot 6 foot wire cage and they grew out the top, to the ground and back 4 feet high.
Really, the info says they are Determinate which meand they grow to a specific size. I sure thats what u had?
they are determinate, meaning they bear all the crop at once, and dont bloom again.
What is the difference between "determinate" and "indeterminate" tomatoes? - Growing Tomatoes
used to plant them, its a good variety, and disease resistant.
That's what they were sold to me as anyway. Got some this year to. All I know is I had blooms and Maters from march til November and it had Celebrity on the little container.
Hey Duck, wasn't it you asking me about the base stem of Squash plants getting a rot on em and dieing? It's a bug in the soil. just put Seven dust on the ground at the base of the plant. So says my older brother
yep, it was me!Quote:
Originally Posted by DonDon
Thought I remembered right. They been getting mine for years. I already put it on em at his advice. We'll see cause I already got a couple small squash on em
I dont use sevin any more. Found a produce called 38Plus. its a liquid. I mix it with my bottom rot stuff and bloom stuff and spray it all at once. Killed a much wider range of bugs. Give it a try.
thanks man. I quit having bottom rot when I started mulching around my maters. I did some readin and they said it was from to dry and to wet soils. Once I put the manure Mulch on it, I quit having bottom rot and using the manuer mulch, I quit having blossom drop
Got Permetheran (sp) in it, 38%, great stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by biggerjigger
Bottom rot and blossom drop is caused by not having enough calcium in the soil. Jerry Baker.com says to get the biggest calcium capsule you can find. When you plant the tomatoes, put 1/4 cup of AG lime, a capsule and a rusty nail in the hole. Cover with an inch of soil and plant your tomato plant.
They love water, I dig a hole about 4 inches from the plant. Deep enough to bury a 2 liter drink bottle more than 3/4 deep, deeper is better. Poke a hole with a nail in the bottom of bottle. Cut the neck off the bottle, make the hole 2" or so. If you can catch rain water, keep the bottles filled. They don't like city water.
Cover soil around plants with 2 or 3 sheets of newspaper, cardboard boxes will do. I go from row to row. then cover with a couple of inches of mulch. My mulch is a mix of shreded leaves and limbs, mixed in with manure, cotton hulls and sawdust. You can put a soaker hose down before adding the layer of paper. I plan to do that this year.
I don't use poisons in my garden.
Put powdered milk in the hole when you plant them or if they are already planted sprinkle some around them and work into the soil.....this will give them plenty of calcium and prevent bottom rot and blossom drop.
Never heard if the rusty nail trick cb
It adds iron to the plant
Way too easy to mix the stuff in the spray. Sorry all that is too much sugar for a dime.
I like it, too late this year (mine have been in the ground four weeks already) but going to try it next year. Tks "G"
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